i picked up 'pacific storm' from the bargain section today. it installed fine but when i try to start a mission it loads and then goes to the blue screen of death. i think it may be a problem with a driver but I'm not sure.
heres the minimal system requirements for the game
OS: 2000/XP
Processor: Pentium 4 1700 MHz
RAM: 512MB
Video: DX9 compatible 3d accelerator with 64MB of video memory (GeForce 5200 or Radeon 9200)
HDD space: 3GB
DX:9c or higher
COM eMachines W2888
OS: XP
Processor: Celeron 2.8GHz
RAM: 504MB
Video: Unknown most likly whatever came stock
HDD space: Unknown
DX:9c
the problem is most likely the video card, although it'll run games like EAW on low graphics settings
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The 504MB figure you gave for RAM leads me to believe that your video hardware is built into your motherboard and using 8MB of your RAM for video. Onboard GPUs like that generally suck and you've only got 1/4 the amount of video RAM the game requires. My recommendation is that you pick yourself up a dedicated video card and some extra RAM before attempting to play the game.
RAM is cheap these days and you can probably get a basic video card without spending too much, especially if you get it used, and they'll give you a fairly substantial increase in gaming performance.
I did a Google search for your model number and found that it uses PC2700 DDR SDRAM, so see if you can get the same type when you upgrade (most systems use DDR2 now so it might take some looking.) I wasn't able to determine whether your system uses AGP or PCIe for its GPU expansion slot, unfortunately, but considering its age I'm guessing it uses AGP, so keep that in mind when you choose a video card.
RAM is cheap these days and you can probably get a basic video card without spending too much, especially if you get it used, and they'll give you a fairly substantial increase in gaming performance.
I did a Google search for your model number and found that it uses PC2700 DDR SDRAM, so see if you can get the same type when you upgrade (most systems use DDR2 now so it might take some looking.) I wasn't able to determine whether your system uses AGP or PCIe for its GPU expansion slot, unfortunately, but considering its age I'm guessing it uses AGP, so keep that in mind when you choose a video card.
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"These deadly rays will be your death!"
- Thor and Akton, Starcrash
"Before man reaches the moon your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to England, to India or to Australia by guided missiles.... We stand on the threshold of rocket mail."
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Based on the parts list found here it looks like no agp port for the motherboard, so you're likely out of luck in terms of graphics upgrades.
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